This podcast is a great resource for manufacturing leaders in CT and Western Mass to learn from each other. Each week Ari Santiago interviews a thriving local manufacturing leader and discovers the secrets to their success.

Learn great tips and best practices as these leaders tell their personal and business stories. Discover the strategies they have used to start, develop, and grow their business - leadership, sales, marketing, investments, spin-offs/mergers, culture and so much more!

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Ari Santiago is the President, CEO and Founder of IT Direct, a Technology Managed Service Provider in Hartford, CT. He has a passion for the manufacturing industry and the incredible impact it is making on our local economy. IT Direct focuses on providing its manufacturing clients the technology, support, and strategic guidance they need to not only meet their business goals but to drive future success.

Severine Zygmont, President of OPM Biomedical, has the passion,
curiosity and patience required to be a great leader. In today's
episode of Made in America with Ari Santiago, Severine dives into
her own background, the history of Oxford Performance Materials
(OPM), and the innovations that have brought OPM to the...

Har-Conn is in the enviable position of being at the top of
their game in the aerospace industry in CT! But it hasn't always
been that way. Tim Backus, President/CEO of Har-Conn, talks about
how they have developed, changed, and continued to not only rise,
but thrive, over the years.

Darius Kania, VP of Lynn Welding, has amazing clarity of purpose
in everything he does. This episode is chock full of great ideas
that he has successfully implemented in his own company. From
Marketing to Sales to employee growth and development, Darius talks
about so many lessons he's learned and improvements...

This is an inspiring podcast episode that you don't want to miss!
On this episode of the Made in America podcast, we've got Marty
Guay, Vice President of Business Development at Stanley Black &
Decker.

Marty talks about Stanley's vision of Hartford as a world epicenter
of advanced manufacturing. Stanley's...

About the Podcast

This podcast is a great resource for manufacturing leaders in CT and Western Mass to learn from each other. Each week Ari interviews a thriving local manufacturing leader and discovers the secrets to their success.
Learn great tips and best practices as these leaders tell their personal and business stories. Discover the strategies they have used to start, develop, and grow their business - leadership, sales, marketing, investments, spin-offs/mergers, culture and so much more!
Ari Santiago is the President, CEO and Founder of IT Direct a Technology Managed Service Provider in Hartford, CT. He has a passion for the manufacturing industry and the incredible impact it is making on our local economy. IT Direct focuses on providing its manufacturing clients the technology, support, and strategic guidance they need to not only meet their business goals but to drive future success.